Feds say it's the first US criminal case involving artificially inflated music streaming.

I am just impressed by the idea and execution. Just wow. Too bad he took it too far.

  • powerofm@lemmy.caEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Definitely an abuse of the system, but I’m struggling to see where criminal law says you can’t make a bunch of fake accounts to listen to garbage music.

    • bdonvr@thelemmy.clubEnglish
      303·
      3 months ago

      In agreeing to be paid by music streaming platforms they almost certainly agreed not to do exactly this. Which makes it fraud.

    • conciselyverboseEnglish
      25·
      3 months ago

      Fraud is pretty broad and covers most things that deliberately misrepresent reality to take money from someone else.